I'm currently in Cairns and Janet Hughes has asked me to nominate some songs on this subject. Suffice it to say that my knowledge is limited. Janet wishes to put together a musical programme to highlight the subject of physical abuse for both white and indigenous consumption. Unfortunately Janet sees and hears about abuse all too frequently.

While this is a super serious problem, she has requested that the songs are not too dirge-like - a tall ask in my opinion.

All assistance would be very much appreciated. The question of finding tunes for what I'm sure will be powerful lyrics may be difficult, but I'll tackle that problem as it arises.

Regards, John